[BIBLE] - LEDRAIN (Eugène). La Bible. Traduction Nouvelle d'après les textes Hébreu et Grec. Paris : Alphonse Lemerre, 1886-1899. - 10 volumes in-8, 232 x 150: (3 ff. first blank), X, 325 pp. (3 ff. last blank), (2 ff.), 485 pp. (3 ff. last blank), printed cover; (2 ff.), 308 pp. (4 ff. last blank), printed cover; (2 ff.), 434 pp. (3 ff.), printed cover; (2 ff.), VIII, 465 pp.., (1 f.), printed cover; (2 ff.), 496 pp. (2 ff. last blank), printed cover; (2 ff.), IV, 494 pp. (3 ff.), printed cover; (2 ff.), 474 pp.., (3 ff.), printed cover; (2 ff.), 423 pp. (2 ff.), printed cover; (2 ff.), XXXI, 432 pp. (2 ff. last blank), printed cover. Violet half-maroquin with corners, three-ribbed spine decorated with a cross surrounded by a garland of flowers, mosaic of havana, red, ochre, blue and green morocco, gilt head, untrimmed, cover and spine preserved (Azario). Sought-after first edition of this new translation of the "Rationalist Bible", based on Hebrew and Greek texts by the orientalist archaeologist and writer Eugène Ledrain (1844-1910). He describes his work in the following terms: "In nine volumes, I intend to give a complete translation of the Bible. The first two will include the historical part; the third and fourth, the legislative part, i.e. the Pentateuch to which Joshua must be added. In the fifth and sixth volumes, I shall include the moral and lyrical works; in the seventh, the prophets; in the eighth and ninth, the Christian part of the Bible (Warning, p. I). He goes on to say: "I have set myself apart from all theology, aiming only to produce, in their vivid precision, the biblical phrases and words" (Idem, pp. VII-VIII). At the time of publication of the first volume, a tenth volume was planned. It appeared in 1899 and contained the Acts of the Apostles and the Epistles. A very fine copy in a period mosaic binding by Azario, who practiced from the late 19th century to around 1914. Some wear and tear. Covers restored. Scattered foxing. Provenance : H. Claye, with bookplate.